Escape Earth. AVOID finding an alien husband. #EpicFail.

Ruby

At some point a girl has to stop running. Escaping Earth via signing up to be a mail-order bride sounded smart. Escaping the alien husband she’d been matched to… even smarter. Stowing away on an alien ship expecting to find some little out of the way planet where she could live in peace… That’s where the bottom fell out of her life, a thousand miles above an alien planet. The owner of that vessel? Some blue, over-muscled, arrogant male who may have criminal ties to the Brotherhood. Ruby would be happy to jump ship once they reach a port. The problem? The zyanthan thinks he owns everything on his ship, including her. He can think whatever he wants. Ruby has plans, and they don’t include Torin.

Torin

The human female thinks she can outwit Torin, use him and his ship to escape whatever she’s running from. He’ll play her games, but only for so long. The men in the criminal organization he’s dealing with are dangerous, and Ruby’s curiosity and stubbornness are qualities which could get him and his entire crew killed. He needs to do something about her. She’s driving him crazy, but he can’t walk away from her or dump her on some planet, one where she can breathe the atmosphere, of course. The answer might be to marry her, but that doesn’t fit his plans. But it would be kind of fun, especially since she can’t stand him.